Canon EOS-1V Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Setting Exposure Compensation
Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera’s standard exposure
setting. To set the exposure compensation amount, you can either turn the
<> dial while looking through the viewfinder or press the < > button
and turn the < > dial while looking at the LCD panel. The exposure
compensation amount can be set up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
Exposure Compensation with the < > Dial
1
Set the < > switch to < >.
2
Focus the subject and check the
exposure level.
Overexposure.
Underexposure.
4
Take the picture.
3
Turn the < > dial to set the
desired exposure compensation
amount.
The exposure compensation icon ( )
and the exposure level indicator ( )
will be displayed in the viewfinder, while
the exposure level indicator ( ) will
be displayed on the LCD panel.
Turn the < > dial while pressing the
shutter button halfway or within ( )
after releasing the shutter button.
On the viewfinder’s exposure level
scale, any position above the correct
exposure index indicates overexposure
and any position below it indicates
underexposure. On the LCD panel, any
position on the + side indicates
overexposure and any position on the –
side indicates underexposure.
To cancel exposure compensation, set
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